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Perilous path awaits child migrants

Minors seeking a better life in Europe are highly likely to endure injury, robbery and exploitation.

Despite protests outside the city hall Rome’s mayor Ignazio Marino

Gay rights: Is the pope still Catholic?

Italy’s leaders and the Vatican are battling to close the gap between church doctrine and modern life.

Findings may prove Rome a century older than initially thought

As the Italian capital approaches its 2 767th birthday, excavations have revealed a wall built long before the city’s official founding year.

Spain train crash: Black boxes reveal driver was on phone

The driver of a train wreck in Spain was responding to a phone call from the rail company when the crash took place, according to a court report.

Italy shatters eurozone’s uneasy peace

As the country tries to form a government, the region’s leaders are again sniping at each other.

Cardinals scramble to fill pope’s mitre

Sex abuse, secularisation, the Curia – the new pontiff has his work cut out, writes John Hooper.

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Clooney, Ronaldo to testify in Berlusconi sex trial

George Clooney and Christiano Ronaldo will testify in the trial of Italy’s ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi, charged with paying for sex with an underage girl.

Eight traitors and debt sink Berlusconi

Members of the Italian prime minister’s party have been turning against him for weeks.

ECB defends bond market intervention

The president of the European Central Bank has vigorously defended his controversial decision to buy up Italian and Spanish bonds.

Family estimated to have hidden billions

Family estimated to have hidden billions

The Gadaffi family could have billions of dollars of funds hidden away in secret bank accounts in Dubai, Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf.

Case could force leader to resign

Case could force leader to resign

The prostitution trial is the most dangerous yet in Berlusconi’s teflon-coated history.

Resignations strengthen Italian PM

Resignations strengthen Italian PM

Ministers loyal to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s former ally Gianfranco Fini has resigned from the Italian government.

Emerging world embraces the rigid faith spurned by secular Europe

Emerging world embraces the rigid faith spurned by secular Europe

The Vatican’s view of issues such as abortion, homosexuality and female priests looks increasingly at odds with modern secular realities.

Top-level Catholic sex probe in Ireland

Pope Benedict has appointed controversial retired archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor in sex abuse scandal case.

Is he a hard hat or a prophet?

Is he a hard hat or a prophet?

He’s a man of temperate habits with a love of cats and classical music. Yet his image is that of God’s rottweiler. John Hooper profiles the pope.

Is the pope a reactionary or a prophet?

Is the pope a reactionary or a prophet?

Pope Benedict XVI is shy man of temperate habits with a love of cats and classicial music. How does this square with his image as God’s rottweiler?

Top chef in row with Michelin guide

It was the kind of flamboyant outburst you expect from a chef.

Grim toll of African refugees mounts on Spanish beaches

A series of tragedies involving migrants off the coast of Spain has raised fears that the summer could see a record death toll in the region.

Berlusconi seeks to woo anti-immigrant party

Italians on Tuesday got their first taste of life under their new government as Silvio Berlusconi moved to appease the newly powerful Northern League with pledges of lower taxes,…

Berlusconi pleads for big election majority

Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday appealed to Italian voters to give him a huge majority at the general election on Sunday and Monday. He said that ”to really govern” he needed a…